Story of the half: Algeria and Valencia striker Sofiane Feghouli said, “Belgium is not to be feared.” He followed it up by scoring the penalty that gave the Desert Foxes a 1-0 lead against heavy favorites Belgium.

23′ – Feghouli gets ahead of Jan Vertonghen, who pushes him to the turf before the Algerian can latch onto a great cross. Vertonghen sees yellow and Feghouli beats Courtois to put the underdogs in front.

Other key moments:

10′ - Belgium looks out of sorts, and can’t find a way through Algeria. The stubborn CAF side cannot punish the “dark horses” of the tournament, but a better team would’ve put them to the coals.

20′ – The first real shot of the match is an Axel Witsel shot that is punched away from Mbolhi.

25′ – Eden Hazard is dragged down for a Belgium free kick in a dangerous spot, but Kevin De Bruyne‘s offering sails to no one. De Bruyne goes on to make several nice plays, but no finish.

44′ – Nacer Chadli is the recipient of some strong work from Eden Hazard, but the Tottenham hit his low shot right at Adi Mbolhi.